Wagon hay-stacker.



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APLlCATlON HLED APFMS. 1911. Y l

Patented Mayr f 191).

x iwf/f WMV lnvor by l 'l' Attorneys 0. P. VROOM.

WAGON HAY STACKER.

APPUCATION FILED APR.3,19H.

2 SHEETSn SHEET 2 Witnesses.' M Inventor Attorneys UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

'LEB P. VROOM, or LINNEUS, MISSOURI, AssIGNoR 'ro THE SUPERIOR HArsTACKER MFG. co., OF LINNEUs, MISSOURI.

To all/whom it 'may concern.' .l

Be it known thatI, OLER P, VnOoM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Linneus, in the county of Linn and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Wagon Hay-Stacker, of which the follow-V ingis a speciication. T his invention relates to wagon hay stackcrs.

In order to mount a hay stacker upon a wagon so as tO render it portable, and at the vsame time cause the machine to be strong, practical and serviceable, it is necessary to provide means whereby the rear end of the stacker may be causedto rest upon the 'groun during the stacking operation, and to be locked securely in that position wherebyt the strain and Weight incident to the stacking of the hay will be Atransferred to and taken up by the ground instead of falling uponthe running gear which' is used for moving the stacker from place to place when not in use. By providing means whereby the strains and weight Of the stackin operation may be `taken up by thev groun in the same way as 1n a non-portable stacker, the

running gear may be made merely heavy enough to support the'stacker whennot in use. In ether words, the necessity for providing running 'gear whichs stron and stout enoughv to withstandfthe strain of stacking hay, and the necessity of-providing means for locking 'said running gear in stationary position during thejstacking opera- In carrying'out the presentinvention, thehay stacker, which may beofany suitable form andconstruction, is mounted upon the running ear in such manner that its rear end may e elevated from the ground when it is desired to transport the stacker from place to place and may be lowered onto the ground and firmly held in -stationaryv posi 1 tion thereon when it is desired` to'stack the hay. The stacker is thus as firmly supported asa nonsportable'stacker'when inA use, and

yet itis adapted to be readily'elevated onto the running gear when necessary to move. @the sameg.- f-i The invention resides in-thef' combination and arrangement of parts-and in the detailsV of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes `iii the precise embodiment of invention herein Specification of Letters Patent.

. per ends being` held clamped together by one end of a strap S', the other end of A(.arriesf a pulley P that ridesa ai by telescopic rods R is a stacker-he`a These radiuslba'r.v aref'oapable of swingi g- Patented May Application filed April 3, 1911. Serial No. 618,580.

disclosed can be made withinthe scope or' what is claimed without departing from-the` spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing formin a' part of this specification, Vand in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts z-Figure l is a view in perspective of a wagon body, showing the saine equippedg with the stacker of the present invention, the. i stacker-head being in its elevated position. F ig. 2 is a view in vertical longitudinal see- 65 tion through the rear portion ofthe wagorn, showing the stacker frame in its raised# position, and the means for holding it thu positioned. Fig. 3 -is a view similar to 'Fig 2, but showing the rear endof the stae'ke frame in its lowered position. -v

To avoid the inclusion in the specificationof a descriptioi'l of parts that have nn bear ing on lthe actual invention onlythoseel ments that co-act to produce theL Objef sought will be descrihedfully, and othe portions inc-.rely referred to by name."

Referring to the drawings, l designatesl a wagon body, of any preferred type, provided with the usual f ro'n'trsand rea wheels 2 and 3. i"

Supported by the bodyfof the Wagon-for pivotal movement relative thereto is the:

,usual lever L which works between thezside bars S of the stacker frame, the lo'wer e1-ids 85 of the bars being pivotally connected with the sides i of the wagon body, and their` uplever L. Suspended from the staci VAi5 which may be of any preferred "construction,q

and is supported by the outer ends of a pair of frame bars 6, the innerends of which are y pivotally connected at 7 with the like-'endsf of a pair of radius baisSthe Outer'ends of which loosely depend from a crossbar secured to Vthc uni lefnside of thewagon body' 'i through an are 'siifiicien'tvto permit e stacker-head vto Vassume .either lijf. the positions shown inv Fin. 2 oriliiig. 3, the former displaying the p ts in the position they' occupy when the stacleiuhcad isdn its raised `10F position, and the latter when in its lowcred position. The radius barsvare Aconnectedj near their lower ends by a cross bar 10 to Y i .which is secured one end of a eable'C, which passesv through a block B carried by the upper end of thev lever, and thence vdownward and around a sheave Szcarriedv` by the bar 1Q, -thiscablebeing provided, as usual, Y.

for the pirpose of raising and lowering the lever.

, .'Lfhe gist o f`the present invention resides in tl novel means for holding-fthe stacker# heao rn either its elevated or depressed position', and consists, in part of two slide bars 1l, that are arranged to rest uponithebolster Bf 4and uponthe cross bar 9%, 'and fare clamped against movement when, desired, by earn levers 12 pivotally connected with the innersnrac of the sides 4 of the wagon body,

,. the cam surfaces of which are arrangedto be' Amoved` into engagement with the vupper edges of the Slide bars as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3, Pivotally connected, intermediate of its ends, withtne outer end of levers being,` s'vvung to the position shown in Fig. 2, the slide bars vwill'be positively locked against movement, so that the' gronndv frame will be held vin its raised po ition.v

eaohzslide baris a link 13, Ythe lower ends the two` links being pivoted 'between the ears =of a pairof brackets 14 carried by the inner edge of the cross bar l0,' and these linksserve the double' function of constituting" the means for elevating the rear endv bolster, thus' positively toc'neck their, fur-- tlier movement, During this operation, the slide bars are gradually ni0ved-in\vard1'be neaththeeanis 12, and by the time the'links have assumed a horijton'tal position, or that shown in Fig, 2, the slide bars will have r'noved inward their limit, and upon the cam To lower the rear `end of thev stecke #head frame, the reverse of the. operation abovei' .described is observed.

llftvvill seen that the bars llland 13 are mortised or out away,'so' that their overlap-VV ping. portions are of the same cross sec- Y tionfal size-as jthe' remaining portion'- of the bars ll and will thus slide 'readily under thebfams lf2-and 'be locked `thereb sitate merely the addition ofthe sli'debars,l

vli hks, ra dius bars andilocking levers,A and v flt' will be 'seenA from the foregoing description, that in' order -to ,equipv an' ordi- Anarylwagon haysta'cker .with the improve-" ments ofV Vthe present-invention, will necesfas thesez may readily be applied to position, and will not necessitate' any change Vin the :structural varrangement. of the machine, the

cost of equipping a stacker with the present devices will be but slight, While the ad'- vantage gained will be of the highest order. lVhat is elaimedisz- /v l 1. In a wagon hay-"stacker, a wagonbody provided with Athe `usual lrunningVV gear, a

'pair of slide bars arranged WithinV the body and disposed -to rest upon the lrearbolster Hof the running gear, a stacker-f head frame,

a cross bar rigid. with the body, a pairvof radius bars pivotally connected YWith thev vcross bar and with'theirear portion o f the Vframe bars, said stacker' headframe being pivotally connected with said radiusbars,'.

links connecting the radius bars and the slide bars, and cam levers carried by the frame body to engage with the slide bars `to lock the rear frame in the desired position.

2. In avvagon hay stacker, a wagon body v including the usual running gear, a pair of slide bars combined with the body, and arranged to rest upon the rear bolster, a

`stacker head frame, a cross bar rigid with the body, a pair of radiusbars pivotally connecting the cross bar and the rear portion of thestaoker head frame, links connecting the radius bars and the slide bars, and arranged to contact with the rear bolster to limit the upward movementof the stackerhead frame, and cani leversco-aoting Withrthe slide barsto lock the frame in the desired adjustment.

3. In a wagon hay stacker, running gear, a pair of radius bars pivotally con'- nec-ted with the rear portion of the running gear, a stacker head frame pivotally conneeted to the radius bars, a pair of Slide bars on the Aruiming gear, a pair 'of Alinks v connecting the slide bars and the radius -bars, and locking means ccpiacting,` 1n. the

slide bars.

4.. The combination with a Wheeled body,

-of a stackerhead frame having its rear por.-

tion arranged to be supported'by the ground and to sustain the entire weight of the stacker head during the operation of the machine, the stacker head being eapableof swinging from loading to unloading position-Without movementof the position of -its pivot points.

5.V The combination with a Wheeled body, of a structuremovably,connected 'thereto and adapted to be loivered into Contact with the ground and a stacker head frame pivotally connected to said structure, said structure being adapted to contact with the ground and transfer the Weightof the' load v onthe stacker head to the ground at all l times duringl-the loadingl and elevation of .the stacker Y eed, thus to, .relieve 'the running gear oftheweight. i

6. The combinationwith a a s'tack'eYI 4,head adapted to bear flat upon the ground'iivhile being loaded, and a stacker lso miv

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head frame, of a structure pivotally 90311.18@

nected to the Abody and movable into conentirely relieve the running gear off/the 1o act with the ground preparatory to loadweight of the load.

ing the stacker head, and pivotal -connec- In testimony that I daim the foregoing tions between said structure and the frame, as my own, I have hereto axed vmy Cignathe said structure constituting means for ture in the presence of two witnesses transferring the weight of the load on the OLER P. VOOM. stacker head to the ground during the plac- Witnesses ing of the load upon the head and the ele- M. BYFETTY,

vation of the load with the head, thus to CARLos Ws'rnmwl 

